Improvement in stove-pipe shelves



W. B. ELLIOTT.

Stove-Pipe Shelves.

Patented April 29, 1873.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. ELLIOTT, OF GORNING, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-PIPE SHELVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,385, dated April29, 1873 application filed March 22, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. ELLIOTT, of Corning, in the county ofSteuben and State of New York, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Stove-Pipe Shelves; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification andto the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of my shelf in position.Fig. 2 is a plan view of my shelf. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of thesame.

This invention has relation to stove-pipe shelves; and it consists inthe construction and novel arrangement of the brackets and cam-lever bywhich the shelf is secured to stove-pipes of different sizes.

In the accompanying drawing, the letter a indicates the body of theshelf, of open-work construction for lightness, and notched in one side,at b, to receive the stove-pipe. In order that differently-sizedstove-pipes may be centered in this notch so that the shelf will besecure the notch is made tapering inward. Be-

the stove-pipe wall. Extending upward from each lateral edge of thestove-pipe notch are one or more hooks, d, turned toward the stovepipe.

When the shelf is to be fastened to the pipe the transverse stem orshaft 0 of the cam-lever h is engaged with a pair of these hooks anddepressed, forcing the cam-head which is slightly concave transverselyup against the pipe, and thus securing the shelf firmly thereto. Severalpairs of hooks are provided to facilitate the adjustment to pipes ofdifferent sizes. The shelf being firmly held in rear by the camlever itcannot tip forward on account of the brackets.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The cam-lever It with a concave face suspended to the transverse shaft6, in combination with the stove-pipe shelf having the brackets c andthe hooks cl extending upward from each lateral edge and turned inwardtoward the stove-pipe, as shown and described. v In testimony that Iclaim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence oftwo witnesses.

WILLIAM B. ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

J. S. ROBINSON, S. O. MUSTERS.

